ANTHROPOID APES. 



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accustomed to alcoholic drinks and exhibit the same symp- 

 toms as man if they take too much. We are told that 

 once a mirror was handed to a chimpanzee who appeared 

 suddenly as if struck with awe. After a state of greatest 

 agility he became extremely thoughtful. He looked up 

 to his trainer as if questioning him as to what the strange 

 object could be. He then investigated the mirror, 

 touched it with his hands, looked behind it, and behaved 



CHIMPANZEE. 

 (Brebm's ThierZeben, I, 68.) 



in quite the same manner as do savages when they see 

 reflected pictures in a mirror for the first time. 



The natives of Africa agree in regarding the anthro- 

 poid apes as a low class of human beings, and are firmly 

 convinced that they only pretend not to be able to speak, 

 for the purpose of shirking work. They say that if they 

 were found out, many would certainly keep them as slaves 

 and deprive them of their happy liberty in the forests. 



